Second statement. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. I finished it. You know what i mean. President barack obama was born in the United States period. Now, you win if you have been paying attention over the last ten years of president obama in office. You are well aware which unof those statements are the truth. Trumps other two statements are quite simply a lie. A widely discredited talking point that birtherrism org fated with Hillary Clinton in her 28 president ial campaign. In fact the earliest reported incidence from a public figure about president obamas origin can be traced back to 2004, thats when he first reached National Prominence at the Democratic National convention that year. Our very own chris hayes tracked down the source of that claim for the nation. You may also have heard some Trump Supporters reference a secret memo that supposedly exposes the truth about the Clinton Campaign ties to birtherrism. The document the
Donald trump pnarrowing down th pick for treasury secretary. Jonathan gray and steve mnuchin. He invests in films and served as the Campaign Finance chairman. There was controversy with mnuchin. He led the group that bought indymac in 2009. Jonathan gray runs the firm black sd blackstone. He biuilt up the companys finances. He donated to Hillary Clintons campaign. Both would be seen as political moderates. The treasury secretary is a cabinet position which requires senate confirmation. This man is the face of the American Economy around the world. It is fascinating to watch all of the people in a public way. Something that is private. It is open for interpretation. One photo op in particular with trump and a possible cabinet pick is especially revealing. Trump posing with kris kobach. How do we know he is talking about the Homeland Security department . The documents he is holding say so. It head lilines the proposals t bar the entry of potential terrorists. Among them are extreme vett
Right now. Mr. President , this didnt need to be tale of two speeches. Thats not how the Trump White House programmed today. Planning this Campaign Rally in phoenix trying to move the spotlight off afghanistan. A spotlight that tonight is moving somewhere else towards this thunder clap report in the New York Times. We just got it. Let he read you the key parts. Trump relationship with Mitch Mcconnell has official lly curdd into a feud of resentment and hostility. Complicated by the position of mcconnells wife in his trumps cabinet. Hes privately expressed a view to enrage trump that shes not sure trump will be able to salvage his administration after a series of summer crisis. The political reason for trump to turn this page from afghanistan is ochb. He used to campaign on this. Could have rebuilt our country twice all together on wars in iraq and afghanistan and the middle east. Its time to rebuild america. He has gone from that rare speech in the republican pri pai mare to going full
Byline on this. She joins us on the phone. Maggie, you walk us through what happened here based on your reporting . Sure, anderson. This has been going on for quite some time, as you know. Jared kushners background check has been a problem for him and by extension for the white house since he joined the administration. His initial application was lacking a bunch of key meetings and contacts that he had with foreign officials in various capacities. You know, they said there was a clerical error that was being updated. He was operating with a provisional clearance for some time. It was downgraded at least once, and it was downgraded in february of 2018 at a time when they were reviewing a bunch of security clearances. And this is very frustrating to Jared Kushner and ivanka trump, both who reported at the time felt as if john kelly and don mcgahn, the white House Counsel, were targeting them. But the fbi and the cia had concern about the extent of foreign contact by Jared Kushner and by
Good evening. Thanks for joining us. It is not over for Michael Cohen on capitol hill, and now lawmakers want to talk with other people in the president s orbit as well. Well have the lightest on all of that coming up. But we begin with breaking news about the president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner. The New York Times is reporting that despite concerns by intelligence officials and the white houses top lawyer, the president ordered his chief of staff to grant Jared Kushner a top secret security clearance. Its something the president denied doing. Its something his daughter ivanka is on record of saying never happened. Maggie haberman shares the byline on this. She joins us on the phone. Maggie, you walk us through what happened here based on your reporting . Sure, anderson. This has been going on for quite some time, as you know. Jared kushners background check has been a problem for him and by extension for the white house since he joined the administration. His initial application was l